If You Were The O'o Poem by Keith Shorrocks Johnson

If You Were The O'o



If you were the last of your kind
What song would you sing
And who would you sing it for?

Would you sing a song of memory
Or of regret or of past kindnesses
From and to those that you loved?

And would there be unkind notes
About your desolation and solitude
Or a last blast singing against fate?

Or would it just be a kind of sweet swansong?

Keith Shorrocks Johnson
Monday, July 30, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: bird loving,birds
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For the last survivor of the species who investigated a recording played in the forests of Kauai, Hawaii in the hope of finding another of its kind
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Irfanulla Shariff 30 July 2018

A marvelous poem, beautifully crafted. The last line really resonates. Thanks for sharing, Keith.

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Marieta Maglas 30 July 2018

Or would it just be a kind of sweet swansong? - The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns -beautiful poem

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